62 HUNTER'S AND TRAPPER'S GUIDE. 



Take the castor sacs of one beaver, add 

 ten drops of the oil from the oil stone and 

 enough of the beaver's urine to make the 

 bait of the consistency of mush ; this last is 

 called natural bait. 



In hunting the beaver you will find small 

 trees cut down and barked by them, and will 

 come across their dams on small streams and 

 the outlets of lakes and the slides which they 

 make by throwing mud out of the water on 

 the banks. You can feel pretty sure that 

 you have beaver near by when you find the 

 timber freshly cut, the dams recently worked 

 on, and the slides showing evidences of hav- 

 ing been lately used and played on. Set 

 traps on all the fresh slides where the water 

 is deep enough to use your drowning-pole ; 

 and in deciding as to the depth you should 

 be governed by the length of your trap- 

 chain. 



For the first two nights do not use any 

 bait on the slides made by the beaver, but 



